Gup2011| open source

Introduction to Open Source and How it Can Benefit Your Organisation

Introduction Philip Oakley Open Source Software Consultant Outserve Ltd
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What is Open Source? Simply put Open Source software is a development method.... ...meaning that the software is freely distributable, available to customise and with no cost of software licenses .

Past - History

Past - History
1960's Request for Comments (Telecoms Protocols)
1969 Internet
1970's Unix distributed with Source Code
1983 RMS starts GNU Project
1991 Linus Torvalds creates Linux Kernel
1998 Open Source Initiative (OSI)
1999 Tim Burners-Lee invents WWW
2008 MySQL sold for $1 Billion

GNU Project
GNU is Not Unix
Operating System
Started 1983
Incomplete until 1991
1989 General Public Licence
25 th B'day with Stephen Fry

Linux
Redhat
Corel Linux
Debian
SUSE
Slackware

Linux Today
300+ Versions currently
Distrowatch Top 100 Downloads
Static top 5
Vertical versions
Pre-installed

CERN
Scientific Linux
[email_address]
[email_address]

Ubuntu Linux
Most Popular Linux

Open Source
Linux Kernel
Open Handset Alliance (34 Companies)
Open Standards for Mobile Phones

Open Source Licenses
Free Redistribution
Source Code inc
Derived Works
Integrity of The Author's Source Code
No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
Distribution of License
License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
License Must Not Restrict Other Software
License Must Be Technology-Neutral

OSI Approved licenses
Apache License, 2.0
New and Simplified BSD licenses
GNU General Public License (GPL)
Affero General Public License (GPL)
“ Lesser" General Public License (LGPL)
MIT license
Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL)
Common Development and Distribution License
Common Public License 1.0
Eclipse Public License

Software Proprietary (Closed Source) Open Source Office Suite Operating Systems CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Accounting ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

Software Design Internet Multimedia Productivity Utilities

Web Publishing/Collaboration/Projects CMS/Blog Collaboration/Wiki VLE Document Mgt/Portal Project Mgt

“The Government could save at least £600 million per year if it adopted open IT procurement and used open source software.”
http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2009/01/Improving_IT_procurement_and_encouraging_open_source_software.aspx

Web Publishing/Collaboration/Projects CMS/Blog Collaboration/Wiki VLE Document Mgt/Portal Project Mgt

Open Source Social Media

Education

Commercial Open Source

CiviCRM
Constituent Relationship Management
Advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups
Integrates with Joomla and Drupal CMS

Owned by Oracle since 2009
Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation +
Reads and writes .xls, .doc etc
Reads ooxml – .docx, .xlsx
Cross Platform – Apple Mac/Linux/Windows
OpenDocument Format

OpenDocument Formats (ODF)
Allows easy sharing of information
Ensures information freely available
Future Proof our information
ODF an ISO/IEC international standard
Supported by European Parliament

Open Data -Types
Science and Medical Data
Open Government
Semantic web

Open Source Everything
Open Knowledge
Open Video
Open Music
Open Games
Creative Commons

Big Buck Bunny

http://flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/2104652119/

Books/Writing

Hardware

Why choose Open Source?
Cost/ROI
Better Solution
Avoid Vendor Lock-in
Share contributions
Community – has many benefits
'Scratch your own itch'
Fix your own bug

OSI Definition
Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process.
The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.

3 Ideas
Become Open Source aware
Use Open Source (Firefox, OpenOffice etc)
Include Open Source planning/choices

Thank You Philip Oakley Open Source Software Consultant Outserve Ltd
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What does that mean?
Distributed with Source Code
Distributable
Configurable
Community
FREE

Open Source Projects
SF -180,000
Google Code
Codeplex 6,000+
Total est 200,000

Links
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/
http://code.google.com/opensource/
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource
http://developer.apple.com/opensource
http://developers.facebook.com/opensource
http://opensource.adobe.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/

Microsoft/opensource
A new approach in interoperability
Redhat/Novell Linux interoperability
www.codeplex.com OS Project Community
Port 25 MS open source community
Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)
www.microsoft.com/opensource/heroes

Expanded in to all areas..
Infrastructure and Technology Stack
LAMP, WAMP and MAMP
Operating Systems - OpenSolaris, BSD, Haiku
CMS, Blogging, Micro Blogging
Enterprise Software
Creative Software – Design/Video/Sound
Security Software

Links
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/
http://code.google.com/opensource/
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource
http://developer.apple.com/opensource
http://developers.facebook.com/opensource
http://opensource.adobe.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/

Microsoft/opensource
A new approach in interoperability
Continued Novell Linux interoperability
www.codeplex.com OS Project Community
Port 25 open source community at Microsoft.
Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/heroes/

Thank You Philip Oakley Open Source Software Consultant [email_address] 0121 288 6778
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Contact details
Blog - http://philipoakley.org
twitter.com/philoakley
Identi.ca/philoakley
http://www.linkedin.com/in/philoakley

More Open Source info on the web
http://www.osalt.com/ - open source altenative
http://opensourceschools.org.uk/

Even More Info
Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution – Glyn Moody
The Cathedral & the Bazaar – Eric S Raymond
Podcasts
Floss Weekly
Many Linux podcasts
Linux User Groups

"Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches,” Steve Ballmer – Microsoft Corp

"What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product and distribute for free? The fact is, no one besides us has invested a lot of money..” Bill Gates 1987

"..we will create a level playing field for open source software in IT procurement and open up the procurement system to small and innovative companies…” David Cameron – Conservative Party Leader

"The internet age is transforming politics and has the capacity to transform government. Let’s start being open source right now.” George Osbourne – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

"Four things ought to be avoided. The first is a lock-in, an indefinite commitment to a single proprietary solution..” John Pugh – Liberal Democrat MP

"Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses based on non-free software ought to fail, and the sooner the better” Richard Stallman

"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. ” Linus Torvalds 1990

"If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want software to be written, or not? ” Bill Gates

" given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow ". More formally: "Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix will be obvious to someone." Eric S. Raymond from "The Cathedral and the Bazaar".

"Open source is neither an industry fad, nor a magic bullet. Rather, the development methods commonly encompassed by the term open source have provided customers and developers with additional options among many in the technology ecosystem." Microsoft.com Website 2008

Contact details
Blog - http://philipoakley.org
twitter.com/philoakley
Identi.ca/philoakley
http://www.linkedin.com/in/philoakley

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